Eugene Robinson | Syria is still not America's fight

1:13 AM,
May 1, 2013

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Eugene Robinson, The Washington Post

WASHINGTON - President Obama is right to resist the mounting pressure for military intervention in Syria. Action by U.S. forces may or may not make the situation better - but certainly could make things worse.

This assessment could change, of course. It would be reasonable to consider intervention if such action were necessary to protect U.S. national security interests or prevent the kind of genocide we saw in Rwanda. At present, neither condition is met.

This view may seem cold and uncaring. According to the United Nations, more than 70,000 people have been killed in two years of brutal ...